John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Jul 28 18:07:52 CDT 2004
ROTFL. The infamous Dell tech support. You should send that to DELL. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Martin Reid Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:57 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] A DELL TECH Support Story A dell story Order a new DELL XPS on Friday, arrived TODAY. Wonderful says I, what service. XP Home installed. Ran an upgrade to XP PRO and got a core dump. Rang Dell tech support You cant do that says some guy, you need to buy a proper OEM XP Pro CD from Dell for £181 UK Crap! I fixed the problem myself and upgraded. No USB Support following the upgrade. Rang Dell tech support You cant do that says some guy, you need to buy a proper OEM XP Pro CD from Dell for £181 UK Crap Google on USB Not Working - first site up http://www.dylangreene.com/blog.asp?blogID=292 USB fixed, XP Pro up and running, all the preinstalled Dell software working, system flying along Dell tech support Zero - Google 100% above web site wonderful! Martin _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com